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Offline Janos

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Which of these two is better?
Seriously, what is the business with very long GATLING guns anyways? They don't seem too Freespacesque, would cause horrible recoil and even noticiable drag (see A-10), generally look out of place and are a waste of polies. Yeah, and they suck up ammunition like nothing else. Four of those gatling guns of that caliber (let's assume they're something around 30mm/barrel) would suck up through all the ammuntion a ship of that size could carry even without shields in a few seconds, and would seriously affect the manouverability.
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Offline karajorma

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Originally posted by Janos
They don't seem too Freespacesque, would cause horrible recoil and even noticiable drag


I'm sure if you think about that long enough you'll spot the mistake.

I'm not a huge fan of gattling guns but if you're going to point out realistic reasons why they wouldn't be practical at least pick realistic realistic reasons :p
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Offline TrashMan

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Which of these two is better?
Meh.. I decided to drop the rings.. Tehy look good enough as it is.

As for more details on the cockpit and nose - I really don't know what to add, since this is how I imagined the fighter would look.

1500 polys... that seems enough for a fighter.
However both the Phoenix and the Athena Advanced will have to wait a bit.. I'm working on finishing my cmapign and a few other things.. (like the Demon...did you know that thing normally has only 700 or so polys for the hull?)
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Offline aldo_14

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Which of these two is better?
IMO; (few things, apologise for the crappy drawing)

1 You can add a few small 'splits' in the side profile.  This isn't a brillant drawing of it, natch.  Basically a region which is slightly indented and breaks it up.  It is very close-in detail (Depending on how you do it) but IMO it's more efficient for the distance than gatlings, and looks better from in-cockpit

2 I'd consider rounding this out a bit.  The frontal profile is basically a cube, which IMO makes the whole thing seem less detailed.

3 This is just a flat box with stuff stuck on it.  I'm not sure what it's for, but you can surely add something to it; round it off, add surface vents or access hatches (for maintenance), etc.  Or the all-important rearm dock.  With HTL, there's no real sense in not physically modelling the rearm dock IMO (except for Volition remodels, where you can argue it's not on the original).

4 Flatten the ends.  Just extrude a tiny bit and flatten that if you want it to look blunt.  Same goes for the tails.  Also, you could 'stagger' them a bit by subdividing, etc; tweak around from the boring old triangle shape.

5 Add some rounding to the gun holders.  As it stands they're just plain old boxes; add some details, perhaps to make it obvious how the maint guys would insert and remove the primaries as selected at startup.

 

Offline TrashMan

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Yes....yes...very nice.

I'll think I'll do 2, 3, 4 & 5.. As for one, I think I have a better idea.

EDIT:

Just a not, if anyone is interested I put some new stuff for download under >>More Stuff<<

1. the Orion MK2 v2 (more detail, better guns)

2. Blade v.2 - (better texture job on the engines, better guns, all textures)

3. Perseus Advanced (I basicly re-textured the perseus from the inferno, added insignias, changed it's weapon configuration)
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Offline Raptor

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Which of these two is better?
Hmm, I was considering HTL'ing the Athena...

To me, that nose looks wrong, with that vertical bit before the canopy (can only see second pic).

The nose really needs rounding off.
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Offline TrashMan

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Does it?

Well i dunno. I was using the stock model as reference and i got the impression that it was supposed to be blocky.

But then again, nobody is stoping you from doing your own Athena model.
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Offline Raptor

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Does it?

Well i dunno. I was using the stock model as reference and i got the impression that it was supposed to be blocky.

But then again, nobody is stoping you from doing your own Athena model.


True, everything is in the eye of the beholder...

I figure the design is sort of meant to be a 'shark nose', bit like the Sabre (1st(?) USAF jet fighter).  With HTL, one could really round it off while mantaining the sharp leading edge (which I like alot)

Maybe I'll do one, depnds on if I get the urge (and the time...)
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